A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday issued an order to reinstate the chairwoman of an appeals board and said she can remain in her position until the end of her term, after she was fired by the Trump administration.
U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras ruled to re-appoint Cathy Harris, the chair of the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB), and that she “shall continue to serve as a member of the Merit Systems Protection Board until her term expires ... unless she is earlier removed for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office under” Title 5 of the U.S. Code.
